The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president of DePaul University, with student government president Richard Popp, athletics director Jean Lenti Ponsetto, Bob Janis, vice president for facility operations and executive vice president ​​​​​Jeff Bethke, at the McCormick Square Event Center Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, before a “topping off” ceremony at the construction site. Dignitaries joined construction workers and DePaul staff and students as they signed a huge steel beam that was hoisted into place above the arena floor.(DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)